Indonesian

See also: indonesian

English

Etymology

From Indonesia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndəˈniːʒən/

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• Rhymes: -iːʒən

Adjective

Indonesian (comparative more Indonesian, superlative most Indonesian)

1. Of or relating to Indonesia or its people or language.

Derived terms

• Indonesianness
• Indonesian speckled carpetshark
• Makassar Indonesian
• Peranakan Indonesian
• Sino-Indonesian

Translations

referring to Indonesia

• Afrikaans: Indonesies (af)
• Albanian: indonezián (sq)
• Arabic: إِنْدُونِيسِيّ (ʔindūnīsiyy)
• Azerbaijani: indoneziya
• Basque: indonesiar
• Belarusian: інданезі́йскі (indanjezíjski), інданэзі́йскі (be) (indanezíjski) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: индонези́йски (indonezíjski)
• Catalan: indonesi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印度尼西亞的 / 印度尼西亚的 (zh) (Yìndùníxīyà de), 印尼的 (zh) (Yìnní de)

• Czech: indonéský (cs)
• Danish: indonesisk
• Dutch: Indonesisch (nl), Indonesische (nl)
• Esperanto: indonezia (eo)
• Finnish: indonesialainen (fi)
• French: indonésien (fr)
• Galician: indonesio (gl)
• Georgian: ინდონეზიური (indoneziuri)
• German: indonesisch (de)
• Greek: ινδονησιακός (el) (indonisiakós)
• Hawaiian: ʻInidonesia
• Hebrew: אינדונזי (indonezi)
• Hindi: इंडोनेशियाई (iṇḍoneśiyāī)
• Hungarian: indonéz (hu)
• Indonesian: Indonesia (id)
• Irish: Indinéiseach
• Italian: indonesiano (it)
• Japanese: インドネシアの (Indoneshia no)
• Kashubian: indonezëjsczi
• Korean: 인도네시아의 (ko) (indonesiaui)
• Latin: indonesicus
• Low German:

  German Low German: indoneesch (Northern Low German)

• Macedonian: индонезиски (indoneziski)
• Malay: Indonesia (ms)
• Maltese: Indoneżjan
• Marathi: इंडोनेशियन (iṇḍoneśiyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: indonesisk (no)

  Nynorsk: indonesisk (nn)

• Persian: اندونزیایی (andoneziyâyi)
• Polish: indonezyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: indonésio (pt)
• Romanian: indonezian (ro) m
• Russian: индонези́йский (ru) (indonɛzíjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: индо̀не̄зӣјскӣ, индоне́жански

  Roman: indònēzījskī (sh), indonéžanski (sh)

• Sinhalese: ඉන්දුනීසියානු (indunīsiyānu)
• Slovak: indonézsky (sk)
• Slovene: indonezijski (sl)
• Spanish: indonesio (es)
• Swedish: indonesisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Indones (tl)
• Tajik: индонезӣ (tg) (indonezi)
• Turkish: Endonezya (tr)
• Ukrainian: індонезі́йський (indonezíjsʹkyj)
• Uyghur: ھىندونېزىيە (hindonëziye)
• Uzbek: indonez (uz)

Noun

Indonesian (countable and uncountable, plural Indonesians)

1. (countable) A person living in or coming from Indonesia.
3. (uncountable) The common language spoken in Indonesia.

Synonyms

• (language) Bahasa Indonesia

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: Indonesiër (af)
• Albanian: indonezián (sq) m, indoneziáne f
• Arabic: إِنْدُونِيسِيّ m (ʔindūnīsiyy), إِنْدُونِيسِيَّة (ar) f (ʔindūnīsiyya)
• Basque: indonesiar
• Catalan: indonesi (ca) m, indonèsia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印度尼西亞人 / 印度尼西亚人 (zh) (yìndùníxīyàrén), 印尼人 (yìnnírén)

• Czech: Indonésan (cs) m, Indonésanka (cs) f
• Danish: Indoneser, Indonesere pl
• Dutch: Indonesiër (nl) m, Indonesische (nl) f
• Esperanto: indoneziano
• Finnish: indonesialainen (fi)
• French: Indonésien (fr) m, Indonésienne (fr) f
• Galician: indonesio (gl) m
• German: Indonesier (de) m, Indonesierin (de) f
• Greek: Ινδονήσιος (el) m (Indonísios), Ινδονήσια f (Indonísia)
• Hawaiian: ʻInidonesia
• Hebrew: אינדונזי m (indonezi), אינדונזית f (indonezit)
• Hungarian: indonéz (hu)
• Indonesian: orang Indonesia
• Irish: Indinéiseach m
• Japanese: インドネシア人 (ja) (indoneshiajin)
• Malay: orang Indonesia
• Marathi: इंडोनेशियन (iṇḍoneśiyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: indonesier m

  Nynorsk: indonesiar (nn) m

• Persian: اندونزیایی (andoneziyâyi)
• Polish: Indonezyjczyk (pl) m, Indonezyjka (pl) f
• Portuguese: indonésio (pt) m
• Romanian: indonezian (ro) m, indoneziancă f
• Russian: индонези́ец (ru) m (indonɛzíjec), индонези́йка (ru) f (indonɛzíjka)
• Slovak: Indonézan m, Indonézanka f
• Spanish: indonesio (es) m, indonesia (es) f
• Swedish: indones (sv)
• Tagalog: Indones (tl)
• Turkish: Endonezyalı (tr)

language

• Afrikaans: Indonesies (af)
• Albanian: gjuha indoneziane
• Arabic: إِنْدُونِيسِيَّة (ar) f (ʔindūnīsiyya)
• Armenian: ինդոնեզերեն (indonezeren)
• Basque: indonesiera (eu)
• Belarusian: інданезі́йская f (indanjezíjskaja)
• Bulgarian: индонези́йски m (indonezíjski)
• Catalan: indonesi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印度尼西亞語 / 印度尼西亚语 (zh) (yìndùníxīyàyǔ), 印尼語 / 印尼语 (zh) (Yìnní yǔ)

• Czech: indonéština (cs) f
• Danish: indonesisk
• Dutch: Indonesisch (nl) n, bahasa (nl) (slang)
• Finnish: indonesia (fi)
• French: indonésien (fr) m, langue indonésienne f
• Georgian: ინდონეზიური (indoneziuri)
• German: Indonesisch (de) n, indonesische Sprache f
• Greenlandic: indonesiamiutut
• Gujarati: ઇન્ડોનેશિયન (gu) (inḍoneśiyan)
• Hebrew: אִינְדּוֹנֶזִית f (indonezít)
• Hindi: इन्डोनेशियन (hi) (inḍoneśiyan), इन्डोनेशियाई f (inḍoneśiyāī)
• Hungarian: indonéz (hu)
• Icelandic: indónesíska (is)
• Indonesian: bahasa Indonesia (id)
• Irish: Indinéisis f
• Japanese: インドネシア語 (ja) (indoneshiago)
• Javanese: basa Indonesia
• Korean: 인도네시아어 (ko) (indonesia'eo)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Indoneessch (nds) n (Northern Low German)

• Malay: bahasa Indonesia
• Marathi: इंडोनेशियन f (iṇḍoneśiyan)
• Navajo: Indoníízha bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: indonesisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: indonesisk (nn) m

• Occitan: indonesian (oc) m
• Persian: اندونزیایی (andoneziyâyi)
• Polish: (język) indonezyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: indonésio (pt) m
• Romanian: indoneziană (ro) f
• Russian: индонези́йский (ru) m (indonɛzíjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: индонезијски m

  Roman: indonezijski (sh) m

• Slovak: indonézština f
• Slovene: indonezijščina f
• Spanish: indonesio (es) m
• Swedish: indonesiska (sv) c
• Tagalog: Indones (tl)
• Tigrinya: እንዶኑሲኛ (ʾəndonusiña)
• Turkish: Endonezce (tr)
• Uab Meto: uab Indonesia
• Ukrainian: індонезі́йська (uk) f (indonezíjsʹka)
• Urdu: انڈونیشیائی f (iṇḍoneśiyāī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng In-đô-nê-xi-a

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Indonesian terms
• Appendix:Indonesian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Indonesian

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code id, ISO 639-3 code ind (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Indonesian, ind ⁠
• “Indonesian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Finnish

Proper noun

Indonesian

1. genitive singular of Indonesia